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Perry, Conway set tone for fall
Sports, page 20
‘Christophobia’ is often ignored
Viewpoint, page 5
McCarthyism raked in ‘Guilty’
Life I Arts, page 7
Volume CXIV, Number 64
University of Southern California
Monday, April 22,1991
SHARPER
Students are unwelcome guests in their own ‘House’
By Jordana Bieze
Staff Writer
We know where we stand now. "House Party 2" is more important to this university than its students are.
Any visitor to the university who happened to walk through the center of campus last week would not have known they were at the University of Southern California.
You know that building where the president's office is? The one we all used to think was Bovard Administration Building? The sign outside said "Warrington Hall, Harris University."
Welcome to Harris University. Our school colors are now purple and neon green. Our mascot is a pig — of the "Porky's" variety.
And don't even think about going directly to class if for some odd reason you have to pass through the center of campus to get there.
You'll be stopped.
First, somebody from the crew will ask you if you want to be an extra. As if the only reason you're on campus is to hang around and hope to be picked to stand in the background of a 90-minute music video.
No wonder the star of the movie^ Kid, said he wished he had gone to school here. They think we never go to class.
So let's assume you can convince them that you are in fact a student and not a "House Party 2" groupie.
You still have to deal with the guards.
(See Filming, page 13)
USC loses $800,000 in suit
Negligence, malice found in security precautions following 1989 brutal attack
By Michael Utley
City Editor
A Superior Court jury has awarded $800,000 to an alleged rape victim who blamed her on-campus attack two years ago on a "gross lack of security," court officials said Friday.
In addition to the $800,000, which was awarded for pain and suffering, the jury found gross negligence constituting malice on the part of University Security and will reconvene today to determine an amount of punitive damages that could
range in the millions.
The 34-year-old woman, who works as a nurse at County / USC Medical Center, had asked for $1 million following a brutal 1989 attack in which she said she was dragged into thick bushes near the Credit Union building, stabbed, beaten, robbed and raped. She asked that her name be withheld from publication.
Though the woman's testimony was not fully supported by police and security reports, the jury apparently dismissed arguments from university lawyers that she
may have been lying about the rape and the circumstances leading up to it.
The attack itself was not disputed, even though a suspect was never arrested. But because the woman did not report the alleged rape and because police records listed the crime scene at a different on-campus location, university counselors Mireille Gotsis and J. Andrew Coombs argued that the woman had made up portions of her story.
"Tt's about time somebody believed her," said Natasha Roit, the woman's attorney. "I'm absolutely thrilled for my client."
The jury awarded the $800,000 in compensatory damages after finding that the university was negligent on two counts
(See Trial, page 4)
Untold tales unfold
Mami Chaplin / Dally Trojan
Trojan Knights and Sigma Kappa sorority kicked off Songfest 1991 Saturday night with their musical number, “A Tale from the Tomb.” See story and photo essay, page 10.
Valedictorian named for 1991 class
Academic recognition is not uncommon for aerospace engineer
By Arwen Adams
Staff Writer
Ken Kiger, an aerospace engineering major with a 3.98 grade point average, has been named the 1991 valedictorian, university officials announced Friday.
Kiger is accustomed to recognition. He was one of five valedictorians in his Prescott, Ariz., high school. This year alone, he has been involved in an undergraduate research project that not only won the highly respected Laufer Award for engineering, but also was presented at the National Conference of Engineers at the California Institute of Technology.
That same project also will be presented at the student conference of the American In-
stitute of Aeronautics and Astronomies next week.
This year, Kiger received the university's Trustee Award, which goes to the male senior with the highest grade point average.
"It's been a good year," Kiger said of his achievements. "Unbelievably busy, but a great year."
Kiger said he has been interested in aerospace engineering for most of his life.
"I remember when I was in grade school, I got really interested in building and flying model planes," he said. "I guess it just carried over."
He became interested in attending the university the summer between his junior and senior years of high school, when he attended a summer recruiting session offered by the university.
"When it came time for me to apply, everyone I talked to made me feel really comfortable,” he said. "It was a great atmosphere to enter."
(See Smart, page 4)
Ken Kiger
tawara / uany irojan
Accused
rapists still waiting for trial dates
By Brian McDonough
Staff Writer
The spring semester will end with no further progress in the separate trials of Willie Damone Taylor and Deon Proby, each accused of sexually assaulting university students, their prosecutor said.
Taylor, still in the pre-trial phase, has a hearing set for May 10 before Superior Court Judge Bernard Kamins. The start date for his trial may be set at the hearing, said Deputy District Attorney Andrew McMullen, who also is prosecuting Proby in a separate case.
"Some judges push for an early trial date more than others," McMullen said, adding that Kamins seemed anxious to move to trial.
Taylor, under strong advice of Kamins, withdrew his request last month to serve as his own lawyer. At a February hearing, Taylor claimed that his public defender, Richard Doddy, was not adequately representing him. When Kamins rejected Taylor's plea for a new attorney, Taylor asked to represent himself.
McMullen said he feels much of Taylor's dissatisfaction stems from a lack of conflict between the attorneys. Neither tends to be overtly combative, McMullen said.
"I just don't duke it out (with the defense attorney)," McMullen said.
Taylor is charged with 26 counts stemming from two incidents in September of 1990 in which three university students were raped and robbed in their apartments. He also is charged with the attempted rape of a West Covina woman in 1989.
Taylor, 28, faces a maximum sentence of about 150 years, (See Dates, page 12)

Perry, Conway set tone for fall
Sports, page 20
‘Christophobia’ is often ignored
Viewpoint, page 5
McCarthyism raked in ‘Guilty’
Life I Arts, page 7
Volume CXIV, Number 64
University of Southern California
Monday, April 22,1991
SHARPER
Students are unwelcome guests in their own ‘House’
By Jordana Bieze
Staff Writer
We know where we stand now. "House Party 2" is more important to this university than its students are.
Any visitor to the university who happened to walk through the center of campus last week would not have known they were at the University of Southern California.
You know that building where the president's office is? The one we all used to think was Bovard Administration Building? The sign outside said "Warrington Hall, Harris University."
Welcome to Harris University. Our school colors are now purple and neon green. Our mascot is a pig — of the "Porky's" variety.
And don't even think about going directly to class if for some odd reason you have to pass through the center of campus to get there.
You'll be stopped.
First, somebody from the crew will ask you if you want to be an extra. As if the only reason you're on campus is to hang around and hope to be picked to stand in the background of a 90-minute music video.
No wonder the star of the movie^ Kid, said he wished he had gone to school here. They think we never go to class.
So let's assume you can convince them that you are in fact a student and not a "House Party 2" groupie.
You still have to deal with the guards.
(See Filming, page 13)
USC loses $800,000 in suit
Negligence, malice found in security precautions following 1989 brutal attack
By Michael Utley
City Editor
A Superior Court jury has awarded $800,000 to an alleged rape victim who blamed her on-campus attack two years ago on a "gross lack of security," court officials said Friday.
In addition to the $800,000, which was awarded for pain and suffering, the jury found gross negligence constituting malice on the part of University Security and will reconvene today to determine an amount of punitive damages that could
range in the millions.
The 34-year-old woman, who works as a nurse at County / USC Medical Center, had asked for $1 million following a brutal 1989 attack in which she said she was dragged into thick bushes near the Credit Union building, stabbed, beaten, robbed and raped. She asked that her name be withheld from publication.
Though the woman's testimony was not fully supported by police and security reports, the jury apparently dismissed arguments from university lawyers that she
may have been lying about the rape and the circumstances leading up to it.
The attack itself was not disputed, even though a suspect was never arrested. But because the woman did not report the alleged rape and because police records listed the crime scene at a different on-campus location, university counselors Mireille Gotsis and J. Andrew Coombs argued that the woman had made up portions of her story.
"Tt's about time somebody believed her," said Natasha Roit, the woman's attorney. "I'm absolutely thrilled for my client."
The jury awarded the $800,000 in compensatory damages after finding that the university was negligent on two counts
(See Trial, page 4)
Untold tales unfold
Mami Chaplin / Dally Trojan
Trojan Knights and Sigma Kappa sorority kicked off Songfest 1991 Saturday night with their musical number, “A Tale from the Tomb.” See story and photo essay, page 10.
Valedictorian named for 1991 class
Academic recognition is not uncommon for aerospace engineer
By Arwen Adams
Staff Writer
Ken Kiger, an aerospace engineering major with a 3.98 grade point average, has been named the 1991 valedictorian, university officials announced Friday.
Kiger is accustomed to recognition. He was one of five valedictorians in his Prescott, Ariz., high school. This year alone, he has been involved in an undergraduate research project that not only won the highly respected Laufer Award for engineering, but also was presented at the National Conference of Engineers at the California Institute of Technology.
That same project also will be presented at the student conference of the American In-
stitute of Aeronautics and Astronomies next week.
This year, Kiger received the university's Trustee Award, which goes to the male senior with the highest grade point average.
"It's been a good year," Kiger said of his achievements. "Unbelievably busy, but a great year."
Kiger said he has been interested in aerospace engineering for most of his life.
"I remember when I was in grade school, I got really interested in building and flying model planes," he said. "I guess it just carried over."
He became interested in attending the university the summer between his junior and senior years of high school, when he attended a summer recruiting session offered by the university.
"When it came time for me to apply, everyone I talked to made me feel really comfortable,” he said. "It was a great atmosphere to enter."
(See Smart, page 4)
Ken Kiger
tawara / uany irojan
Accused
rapists still waiting for trial dates
By Brian McDonough
Staff Writer
The spring semester will end with no further progress in the separate trials of Willie Damone Taylor and Deon Proby, each accused of sexually assaulting university students, their prosecutor said.
Taylor, still in the pre-trial phase, has a hearing set for May 10 before Superior Court Judge Bernard Kamins. The start date for his trial may be set at the hearing, said Deputy District Attorney Andrew McMullen, who also is prosecuting Proby in a separate case.
"Some judges push for an early trial date more than others," McMullen said, adding that Kamins seemed anxious to move to trial.
Taylor, under strong advice of Kamins, withdrew his request last month to serve as his own lawyer. At a February hearing, Taylor claimed that his public defender, Richard Doddy, was not adequately representing him. When Kamins rejected Taylor's plea for a new attorney, Taylor asked to represent himself.
McMullen said he feels much of Taylor's dissatisfaction stems from a lack of conflict between the attorneys. Neither tends to be overtly combative, McMullen said.
"I just don't duke it out (with the defense attorney)," McMullen said.
Taylor is charged with 26 counts stemming from two incidents in September of 1990 in which three university students were raped and robbed in their apartments. He also is charged with the attempted rape of a West Covina woman in 1989.
Taylor, 28, faces a maximum sentence of about 150 years, (See Dates, page 12)